The continued hot and dry weather has moved the region into a severe drought status.
The latest report issued by the U.S. Drought Monitor through the National Weather Service indicates the entire Arkansas and Missouri Lakes region under the severe drought with the lake of rainfall beginning to impact crops and pastures as well as water supplies.
Forecasters say that rain chances will increase in the area next week but that drought conditions are expected to continue into August.
Weather Change: Temperatures Plunge Today
The spring like weather the Lakes Region has experienced for Christmas Week will be pushed out with an Arctic Blast.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has filed one report on the traffic incident that involved multiple vehicles late Friday morning.
The accident on Highway 65 north of Branson was not the only traffic slowdown on that Highway through the Lakes Region on Friday.
Multiple Vehicles Involved in Late Friday Morning Crash North of Branson
Traffic works their way around a major traffic crash late Friday morning in northern Taney County.
Christmas Day Structure Fire in Taney County Results in One Fatality
Fire Units from Missouri and Arkansas battle a blaze on Christmas Day that results in a fatality.
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